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bodily en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbɑdɪli/ (General-American)
  • /ˈbɒdɪli/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English bodily; equivalent to body + -ly.

Meanings

  1. Of, relating to, or concerning the body.
    • His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him.
  2. Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal.
    • You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us. 1709 May 24 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Friday, May 14, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 15; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:
  3. Real; actual; put into execution.
    • Be brought to bodily act. c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most bodily Degree=Sup lexicographic
more bodily Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

bodily fluid · nonbodily · bodily oath · grievous bodily harm · unbodily · bodily function · bodily integrity · bodiliness · unbodiliness · actual bodily harm · bodily process · repeated bodily harm · extrabodily

Hyponyms

anatomical

Meronyms

labral · intestinal · retinal · ileal · genitourinary · skeletal · perineal · cervical · groinal · cortical · pupillary · colonic · omphalic · vascular · avascular · lingual · cerebral · enteric · volar · nephric · brachial · scalpal · splenic · inguinal · iridial · palatal · tympanic · cardiovascular · pulmonic · oral · auricular · neural · lateral · acoustic · articular · lacrimal · glottal · buccal · lobar · umbilic · nephritic · distal · nasal · caudal · follicular · sclerotic · umbonic · spinal · adrenocortical · gastric · coronary · urethral · expressional · dental · ocular · subcaudal · uterine · antral · dorsal · ventral · oogonial · pulmonary · neuronal · visceral · pedal · thalamocortical · phallic · abdominal · muscular · pinnal · femoral · limbic · yonic · crural · aortal · sublingual · palmar · rectal · venereal · cranial · gluteal · tarsal · subcortical · otic · plantar · facial · anal · audile · ligulate · thoracic · dermal · mesial · appendical · mammary · pneumonic · pelvic · vertebral · cardiac · venal · genital · dermic · splanchnic · manual · tympanal · urogenital · cuticular · umbilical · epidermal · sebaceous · renal · sacral · ruminal · auditory · occipital

Relateds

natal · intellectual · body · psychosomatic

Synonyms

corporeal · carnal · corporal · bodily · physical

Translations (74)

tg ҷисмонӣ (relating to the body) · fa-ira جُسْمانی (relating to the body) · sv lekamlig (relating to the body) · pl cielesny (relating to the body) · fa-ira جِسْمانی (relating to the body) · la corporeus (relating to the body) · cmn 身體的 /身体的 (relating to the body) · fi lihallinen (relating to the body) · hy մարմնական (relating to the body) · ar بَدَنِيّ (relating to the body) · sh tjȅlesnī (relating to the body) · he גּוּפָנִי (relating to the body) · io korpala (relating to the body) · hi शारीरिक (relating to the body) · uk тіле́сний (relating to the body) · nl fysiek (relating to the body) · pl organiczny (relating to the body) · it corporale (relating to the body) · ka სხეულებრივი (relating to the body) · kmr bedenî (relating to the body) · mi whaikiko (relating to the body) · bg теле́сен (relating to the body) · sv kroppslig (relating to the body) · pt corpóreo (relating to the body) · ru теле́сный (relating to the body) · pt corporal (relating to the body) · ko 신체적 (relating to the body) · grc σωματικός (relating to the body) · kmr fiziyolojîk (relating to the body) · kmr cesedî (relating to the body) · sk telesný (relating to the body) · ml ശാരീരിക (relating to the body) · kmr fizîkal (relating to the body) · ga corpartha (relating to the body) · gl corporal (relating to the body) · el σωματικός (relating to the body) · mk телесен (relating to the body) · ca corporal (relating to the body) · de Körper- (relating to the body) · sh тје̏леснӣ (relating to the body) · nb kroppslig (relating to the body) · kmr cismî (relating to the body) · ast corporal (relating to the body) · cs tělesný (relating to the body) · sh те̏леснӣ (relating to the body) · ar جَسَدِيّ (relating to the body) · ro corporal (relating to the body) · fa-ira بَدَنی (relating to the body) · hu testileg (relating to the body) · fi ruumiillinen (relating to the body) · got 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (relating to the body) · it corporeo (relating to the body) · sq trupor (relating to the body) · da kropslig (relating to the body) · sl telésen (relating to the body) · ca corpori (relating to the body) · nl lichamelijk (relating to the body) · el υλικός (relating to the body) · cy cnawdol (relating to the body) · be цяле́сны (relating to the body) · kmr fizîkî (relating to the body) · nl somatisch (relating to the body) · ja 身体的 (relating to the body) · de körperlich (relating to the body) · eo korpa (relating to the body) · pl fizyczny (relating to the body) · ro trupesc (relating to the body) · kmr gewdeyî (relating to the body) · kmr leşî (relating to the body) · sh tȅlesnī (relating to the body) · tg баданӣ (relating to the body) · bn দৈহিক (relating to the body) · fr corporel (relating to the body) · la corporālis (relating to the body)

bodily en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbɑdɪli/ (General-American)
  • /ˈbɒdɪli/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English bodily; equivalent to body + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In bodily form; physically, corporally.
    • In I got bodily into the apple barrel, and found there was scarce an apple left; but sitting down there in the dark, what with the sound of the waters and the rocking movement of the ship, I had either fallen asleep or was on the point of doing so when a heavy man sat down with rather a clash close by. 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Voyage”, in Treasure Islandᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ:
    • For in him dwelleth all the fulneſſe of the Godhead bodily. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 2:9:
  2. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the whole body or mass; wholly.
    • The papering of one side of the room had dropped down bodily, with fragments of plaster adhering to it, and almost blocked up the door. 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:
    • It is true that in adopting the short view many of the younger economists have not merely taken over the lay notions bodily. 1958, Jacob Viner, The Long View and the Short, page 112:
  3. (not-comparable) Forcefully, vigorously.
    • He was thrown bodily out of the house.

Relateds

bodacious

Translations (14)

nl fysiek (in or by the body) · pl fizycznie (in or by the body) · ja 体ごと (in or by the body) · io korpale (in or by the body) · bg телесно (in or by the body) · nl lichamelijk (in or by the body) · mk телесно (in or by the body) · it corporalmente (in or by the body) · es corporalmente (in or by the body) · sk telesne (in or by the body) · pl organicznie (in or by the body) · el σωματικώς (in or by the body) · pl cieleśnie (in or by the body) · cs tělesně (in or by the body)